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_b.P74 1994
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100 1 _aPreston, Richard, 1954-
245 1 4 _aThe hot zone
_c/ Richard Preston
250 _a1st ed
260 _aNew York
_b: Random House
_c, c1994.
300 _axiii, 300 p.
_b: map
_c; 24 cm.
520 _aA highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days 90 percent of its victims are dead. A secret military SWAT team of soldiers and scientists is mobilized to stop the outbreak of this exotic "hot" virus.The Hot Zonetells this dramatic story, giving a hair-raising account of the appearance of rare and lethal viruses and their "crashes" into the human race. Shocking, frightening, and impossible to ignore,The Hot Zoneproves that truth really is scarier than fiction. From the Paperback edition
650 0 _aEbola virus disease
650 0 _aPrimates as laboratory animals
942 _cMO
999 _c244203
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